Lot Archive

Lot

№ 828

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21 March 2001

Hammer Price:
£25

Italy, Death of Girolamo Savonarola, 1498, a uniface cast bronze medal, unsigned, bust left, sprigs of oak and palm at sides, legend in 9 lines below, 116mm. Probably 19th century work, very fine (£25-35)

Girolamo Savonarola (1452-98), Italian Dominican reformer who attempted to establish a theocratic government in Florence